Fatalities and Accidents
The City Coroner held a magisterial inquiry yesterday, at the Wheelwrights' Arms Hotel, Parramatta-road, Petersham, into the circumstances attendant upon the death of the man…
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Fatal Boating Accident. Taree
Messrs. Methow Winkle, a corpenter at Copmanhu[?] and John Gilbert left Coopernook to go to Cruki on Wednesday, in a dingy, and, when returning in the afternoon, the dingy by some…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), January 26.-A sad bathing accident happened at Kaipara, Opposite Aratapu, on the west coast, on Thursday, whereby three…
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ADELAIDE, January 26.-A collision between the schooner Dianella and the ketch Sir Wilfred Lawson occurred in the Fort River about 10 o'clock on Thursday night…
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In Vice-Admiralty on January 18, before the Deputy-Judge, Mr. Justice Windeyer, Joseph Conlon, licensed fisherman, brought an action against Jones Brothers to…
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AUCKLAND, Friday. A shocking bathing fatality is reported from Kaipara, opposite Aratapu, on the West Coast, by which three young girls, Evelyn Hogg,…
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Not long ago, on one of H.M.'s ships, a blue-jacket fell backwards as he was mounting the rigging, and, rolling over and over, struck the gunwale, and pitched all of a heap…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. The Marine Court has found Captain Patrick, of the excursion steamer Hygela guilty of misconduct In connection with the collision…
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DENILTQUIN, January 26.-Mrs. A. B. Jefferson, wife of Alderman Jefferson, a chemist of this town, was found dead in the bathroom at her house on Friday…
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COWRA, January 26.-A fearful accident happened to a Syrian hawker named I Reuben Moser on Thursday afternoon. While riding along Kendall-street,…
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On Saturday last, during the match between Gladesville, and Hunter’s Hill, Mr. Edwin Potts, of the latter club, whilst endeavoring to catct a fast ball had his left hand split between…
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R. Fitzsimmous, the Australian boxer, has been indicted by the Grand Jury for the manslaughter of Con Riordan, who died from the effects of a blow dealt by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Distressing Fatality at Adamstown. Verdict of Manslaughter. Newcastle
A very distressing occurrence took place on Saturday at Adamstown, resulting in loss of life to a young girl between 13 and 14 years of age, named Eleanor Turner, the stepdaughter of a Mr…
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Between 5 and 6 o'clock last night the M.F.B. were called out for a fire at the premises of Messrs. J. H. Walker and Co., Druitt-street, and on arrival it was found…
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A drowning accident, by which two young married men lost their lives, occurred at Narrabeen at 10 o’clock on Sunday morning. The victims of the accident were—Henry Thom,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Australia. (By Telegraph.) (From Our Correspondent.) Collision in the Port River. Adelaide
About 10 o'clock on Thursday night a collision occurred in the Port River between the sch[?] [?] Dianel[?]a, and the ketch Sir Wilfred Lawson. The Dianella tried to weather the ketch, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →3.P.m. Edition: Slate Cables. Gale in the Channel. a Steamer Wrecked. Ten Persons Drowned
LONDON, January 25.-A heavy gale swept over the English Channel to-day. Daring the height of the storm the…
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A fitter named John Doody, aged 32, who resided at Evley and Denison streets, Waverley, died at St.Vincent's Hospital at an early hour this morning,…
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ALMOST every week in this colony there is a fatal accident through the careless use of firearms. On Sunday a lad aged 14, the son of Mr. A Brindle, n hotelkeeper, at Gungal, 10 miles from Merriwa,…
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A shocking accident occurred yesterday to an Arabian hawker named Reubon Moser. While riding in Kendall-street, lending another horse secured to his arm by the loop of a halter, one…
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